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<IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Tough Road Ahead for New Economic Appointees On Thursday, President-elect Barack Obama introduced <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/19/us/politics/18obamaweb.html?ref=politics" title="three financial regulators">three top financial appointees </a> who will help him with the unenviable task of revamping the government’s economic regulatory system and “crack[ing] down on this culture of greed and scheming that has led us to this day of reckoning,” as Obama put it. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20081218_tough_road_ahead_for_new_economic_appointees/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20081218_tough_road_ahead_for_new_economic_appointees/</a> Copyright © 2008 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com <IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Tough Road Ahead for New Economic Appointees On Thursday, President-elect Barack Obama introduced <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/19/us/politics/18obamaweb.html?ref=politics" title="three financial regulators">three top financial appointees </a> who will help him with the unenviable task of revamping the government’s economic regulatory system and “crack[ing] down on this culture of greed and scheming that has led us to this day of reckoning,” as Obama put it. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20081218_tough_road_ahead_for_new_economic_appointees/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20081218_tough_road_ahead_for_new_economic_appointees/</a> Copyright © 2008 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com

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